Ice Tea and Elvis - Couverture rigide

Middleton, Nicholas J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297817949 ISBN 13 : 9780297817949

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999

Synopsis

The Southern States of America are here seen through the eyes of a typical Brit. Nick Middleton's speciality within travel writing is his passion for the peculiar. A social geographer by profession, his interest lies in not just foreign places, but in the people that inhabit them - their lives, their loves, their work, rest and play. This book seeks to prove that even our nearest neighbours and those who supposedly speak the same language couldn't have been a richer hunting ground for the bizarre and the kitsch. From the imported sands of Miami Beach - so hot they threaten the native wildlife - to the antebellum mansions of Savannah, the Southern States of the USA are a breeding ground of miscegenation, racial hatred, great movies and political giants.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nick Middleton was born in London. As a geographer he has travelled to more than 50 countries and teaches part-time at Oxford University. As a travel writer he has been accused of drug smuggling and spying but has never spent a night in jail. He has been fined for dropping a match in China, mugged in Moscow, conned in Casablanca and kidnapped in Outer Mongolia, but hasn't tired of t

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297817949
• ISBN 13: 9780297817949
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible